diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
index 164340bf0fe823c72e1716eee6f16565fc9959b0..c7a155597fe8772544e206ababfbec46a068fa2d 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 
 # Version information
 from spack.version import Version
-spack_version = Version("0.8.15")
+spack_version = Version("0.9")
 
 #
 # Executables used by Spack